From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24652 invoked by alias); 16 Aug 2006 08:15:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 24642 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Aug 2006 08:15:50 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from fra-del-02.spheriq.net (HELO fra-del-02.spheriq.net) (195.46.51.98) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:15:37 +0000 Received: from fra-out-03.spheriq.net (fra-out-03.spheriq.net [195.46.51.131]) by fra-del-02.spheriq.net with ESMTP id k7G8FRQa017570 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:15:30 GMT Received: from fra-cus-02.spheriq.net (fra-cus-02.spheriq.net [195.46.51.38]) by fra-out-03.spheriq.net with ESMTP id k7G8FQE1010649 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:15:27 GMT Received: from beta.dmz-eu.st.com (beta.dmz-eu.st.com [164.129.1.35]) by fra-cus-02.spheriq.net with ESMTP id k7G8FNvo008070 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:15:25 GMT Received: from zeta.dmz-eu.st.com (ns2.st.com [164.129.230.9]) by beta.dmz-eu.st.com (STMicroelectronics) with ESMTP id E6FE6DA42; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:15:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail1.cro.st.com (mail1.cro.st.com [164.129.40.131]) by zeta.dmz-eu.st.com (STMicroelectronics) with ESMTP id 94398473CB; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:15:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from crx549.cro.st.com (crx549.cro.st.com [164.129.44.49]) by mail1.cro.st.com (MOS 3.5.8-GR) with ESMTP id CIF16903 (AUTH "frederic riss"); Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:15:16 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: [RFC] New threadnum command for breakpoints From: Frederic RISS To: Daniel Jacobowitz Cc: Andreas Schwab , gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-Reply-To: <1155066173.5130.52.camel@funkylaptop> References: <1154093921.28300.236.camel@crx549.cro.st.com> <1154093921.28300.236.camel@crx549.cro.st.com> <20060728141339.GA15103@nevyn.them.org> <1154098563.28300.282.camel@crx549.cro.st.com> <20060728151434.GA17238@nevyn.them.org> <1154334744.28300.302.camel@crx549.cro.st.com> <20060731125311.GA1272@nevyn.them.org> <1154354425.28300.335.camel@crx549.cro.st.com> <1154376407.5120.27.camel@funkylaptop> <20060808182207.GE24779@nevyn.them.org> <1155066173.5130.52.camel@funkylaptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:15:00 -0000 Message-Id: <1155716115.28300.526.camel@crx549.cro.st.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-08/txt/msg00105.txt.bz2 Hi On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 21:42 +0200, Frédéric Riss wrote: > > If you want it to be the last stopped thread, which seems reasonable, > > is there a better name we could give it? Or is $_gdb_thread > > sufficiently clear? > > I'm not sure. The name itself looks fine to me but, speaking as a user, > I find the leading '_' a bit strange. It seems to imply something about > the variable, but it's not clear what. > If it was a convention and all variables would share the same prefix, > then it wouldn't feel so strange. On the other side if we want to use a > common convention we've got to start somewhere. > Anyway that's just a personal feeling, and really no big deal, maybe > others could share their opinion? Nobody seems to care. How about we go on with the current patch (modulo the doco fix that Eli requested)? Current patch: http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2006-07/msg00434.html Fred.